After building QAV400s and TBS Discoverys, Im looking at picking up a Phantom 2 with the 3 axis gimbal and doing some long range videography. Ive seen them advertised as having 25 minute flight times, which frankly, is going to require very large props and a huge battery to achieve with an other multirotor and gimbal....

So my question is, are any of you guys getting the advertised 25 minutes with the gimbal, and if not, what are your flight times?

So when do you land? When there's 30% left, or do you push it a bit over that?
I landed at 33% today, that gave me about 14 minutes in the air. I have the H3-3D, GoPro Hero 3 Black, iOSD mini and a Fatshark 250 mW VTX.

I don't believe the Vision or the Vision plus can just hover for 25 minutes. Not even close. I'd like to see a 25 minute video of that.

Because-the P2, and the vision are identical. Same engines/props/batteries. I can see saving a few grams here and there w/o iosd mini, lighter camera/gimbal.
But-figure about 1 second per gram of weight, I still don't see anywhere near 25 minutes.

I have; H3-3D, GP3, iosd mini, AVL58 VTX with custom antenna, FPV hub, and anti-interference filter=1390 grams.
I could possibly get into the 14 minute range if I was just hovering into the wind-less power required..or drifting with the wind(even less power required).
But-realistically, you're flying back and fourth to get somewhere, hovering to film, or chasing something and returning.
You'll be lucky to see 15 minutes on a similarly equipped aircraft.

I also get 7 minutes on my F800(F550 with 800mm arms)-but, I'm upgrading to bigger engines, and 4S-so I hope to see flight times above 10 minutes. I'll post those results in the F550 forum.

I don't believe the Vision or the Vision plus can just hover for 25 minutes. Not even close. I'd like to see a 25 minute video of that.

Because-the P2, and the vision are identical. Same engines/props/batteries. I can see saving a few grams here and there w/o iosd mini, lighter camera/gimbal.
But-figure about 1 second per gram of weight, I still don't see anywhere near 25 minutes.

I have; H3-3D, GP3, iosd mini, AVL58 VTX with custom antenna, FPV hub, and anti-interference filter=1390 grams.
I could possibly get into the 14 minute range if I was just hovering into the wind-less power required..or drifting with the wind(even less power required).
But-realistically, you're flying back and fourth to get somewhere, hovering to film, or chasing something and returning.
You'll be lucky to see 15 minutes on a similarly equipped aircraft.

I also get 7 minutes on my F800(F550 with 800mm arms)-but, I'm upgrading to bigger engines, and 4S-so I hope to see flight times above 10 minutes. I'll post those results in the F550 forum.

My P2 fully equiped is 1326 g, and I get about 14 minutes (that''s at 33%, so maybe 15 minutes at 30%). How long is it safe to fly? There's a 80-20 rule for ordinary lipos, fly 80% of the full capacity and save 20%. So I guess it would be ok to land the Phantom at 20% without any harm to the battery?

Have you guys taken into account altitude variations? Seems to me that would be the biggest difference between someone who gets 18 minutes, and someone who gets 12. If you are at sea level, you'll get much better times than someone with the same setup at 8,000 ft. Am I correct about that?

People with the X350 Pro also gets around 14-15 minutes with gimbal + camera + xmitter. A few users replaced the motors (4x $15 and ESC 4x $15), and now they get 22-27 minutes depending on circumstances. That is with their 5200 mAh battery. Most likely the same can be done with the P2.

I am a user who has owned 2 pcs P2V+ who both has issues from the factory. So flew like 8 batteries. Decided to leave DJI until they get better at what they do. The X350 Pro feels nowhere near the build quality of the DJI stuff though, and not as easy to get running. Not for the Joe Average. Just got it, put it together, and waiting for a chance to get out and fly it.